Study of Surface Polaritons in GaP by Optical Four-Wave Mixing

F. DeMartini; G. Giuliani; P. Mataloni; E. Palange; Y. R. Shen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.440

Study of Surface Polaritons in GaP by Optical Four-Wave Mixing

F. DeMartini, G. Giuliani, P. Mataloni, E. Palange, and Y. R. Shen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 440 – Published 16 August 1976

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally that optical four-wave mixing can be used to study surface polaritons in solids. The dispersion characteristics of surface polaritons in GaP are measured and compared with theoretical calculations.

Received 3 May 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.440

Authors & Affiliations

F. DeMartini^*, G. Giuliani^*, P. Mataloni^*, and E. Palange^*

Istituto di Fisica "G. Marconi," Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy

Y. R. Shen^†

Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Materials and Molecular Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

^*Work supported by Gruppo di Ricerca Elettronica Quantistica e Plasmi, Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche, Roma, Italy.
^†Work supported by the U. S. Energy and Development Research Administration.